How does this mixer handle frosting? I decorate a lot of cakes and making heavy decorators frosting would be my primary use for it.
20522
I have made heavy frostings (my daughter decorates cakes), bread and cookie doughs, all with great success. I love how smooth and creamy my frostings come out. You have to be sure the contents of the bottom of the bowl get incorporated by scraping well early on, but the final outcome is always very good.
20523
I used it for making frosting from scratch and it worked out well for me ,I even made chocolate ganach.
20524
Have only made frosting twice; once from scratch -- a buttercream and once I combined cream cheese with a store bought tub of frosting to make it better. It worked well both times. I use it primarily for bread -- using heavy whole wheat and sprouted wheat flours and it does very well with these very heavy thick flours.
20525
According to my wife it handles frosting quite easily.....also handles heavy dough very well...it is a workhorse at 800 watts.
20526
I purchased this for my son-in-law who is a Pastry Chef by training who uses it in his part time endeavors. Other than the stutter when it first turns on to make the low speed with the knob, which he has become used to, he loves the power of the machine and the bowl size for his work.
20527
I find this mixer handles anything i have thrown at it. I havent done much on frosting front. I have done lots of cake decorating in the past and my Kitchen Aid did great with it. I think the Viking is a little more heavy duty so I think it would do just fine for your frosting and anything else you use it for.
552986
I ordered it because I wanted to mix my bread dough but honestly i would not recommend it for that. It's good for regular cake dough but when the dough is heavy like for the bread one, the dough instead of mixing is sticking...
1498865
I tested mine with granulated sugar. It work with a little less than a cup. Frosting should be the same.
540275
Yes, yes, yes!! It handles it like it's a liquid, it goes through it so easily! It even handles oatmeal cookie dough with the flour and oatmeal added! You can mix the chocolate chips in with it also. This truly is the most awesome mixer, hand or stand I have ever used!
1166394
The mixer is still working great for me. I store it in my garage, and since I live in Arizona, the temp goes from close to freezing to blistering hot. Hasn't caused any issues yet. I haven't noticed the mixer getting really hot after usage but I only use it about once a week for around 3 hours. No issues at all other than I might be ready for a larger mixer now. Great 1st mixer for my 4-5 piece band.
243991
I highly recommend it! Just add flour slowely but a must if using highly speeds. The only thing you can't use it with is the dough hook but that is slow speed. I consider it an essential piece of the mixer.
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I owned a Sunbeam Mixmaster for over 40 years before it finally died and thought I wanted a KitchenAid. I purchased a KitchenAid and just was never satisfied. It never whipped frostings as well as my Sunbeam did and this may have been because of the 2 bowl size and beater position adjustment. I always had to scrape the bottom of the KitchenAid no matter how I tried to adjust. I would suggest stepping up to a slightly more expensive model of Sunbeam as the base on this model is plastic and not a sturdy as I would prefer but I absolutely love everything else . . . and whipped potatoes are also creamy and fluffy once again. I owned a Sunbeam Mixmaster for over 40 years before it finally died and thought I wanted a KitchenAid. I purchased a KitchenAid and just was never satisfied. It never whipped frostings as well as my Sunbeam did and this may have been because of the 2 bowl size and beater position adjustment. I always had to scrape the bottom of the KitchenAid no matter how I tried to adjust. I would suggest stepping up to a slightly more expensive model of Sunbeam as the base on this model is plastic and not a sturdy as I would prefer but I absolutely love everything else . . . and whipped potatoes are... » Read More I owned a Sunbeam Mixmaster for over 40 years before it finally died and thought I wanted a KitchenAid. I purchased a KitchenAid and just was never satisfied. It never whipped frostings as well as my Sunbeam did and this may have been because of the 2 bowl size and beater position adjustment. I always had to scrape the bottom of the KitchenAid no matter how I tried to adjust. I would suggest stepping up to a slightly more expensive model of Sunbeam as the base on this model is plastic and not a sturdy as I would prefer but I absolutely love everything else . . . and whipped potatoes are also creamy and fluffy once again. « Show Less
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I make banana bread all the time which is heavier than cake batter and it does not throw batter out of the bowl even without the spatter shield. Start out on the lowest speed till the dry and wet are combined and you shouldn't have a problem. I love this beater!!! It is way better than the Kitchen Aid beater which only has rubber on one side. Keep the whip and dough hook and toss the beater that came with your mixer in the back of the drawer, once you have this one you'll never reach for it again.
93875
We use a spatula that cake decorators use for frosting cakes. Its just a long thin spatula.
1848516
This mixer is basically used for various baking products. Bread, cakes, cookies etc
1782725
I frosted the side where the two molds meet. The mold is designed with a base that is definitely strong enough to support the weight of the rest of the cake. It was fairly easy. I'd like to add that I did not use any recipe that came with it (I didn't even look for one), but made a sugar free yellow cake with bananas. It held up great for me, even through my clumbsy frosting work.
334383
That's an excellent question. I had no prior experience with a stand mixer, so was surprised how fast the slow/low speed was . . . however, it serves great. There are some cakes I still choose to mix by hand, because overmixing will 'toughen' the end result. But for bread, this is unbeatable!!
1308272
I got the cricut cake for my birthday and I have been able to use it for both. I bought a separate mat and a deep blade housing and blades. You have to play around with the settings depending on the thickness of your paper and what not but I was happy with the way it cut fondant and paper.
744026
I find it helpful to keep the cake and icing very cold before tilting the table. If the cake is on the heavier side, I use stiffer fillings/icings between layers to help prevent shifting - along with keeping it cold.
1481293
I have had mine for a while, but used it for the first time last weekend. It worked beautifully on round cakes. I let it cool completely, sliced off the crown and then sliced it into two thin layers for a multilayered cake. The wire slide through the cake like a hot knife through butter. No sawing motion necessary. Sliced four round cakes and had precisision matched layers. Extremely satisfied with performance.
836210
I was very happy with the power and cost of the mixer. I used it to mix 5 gallon buckets of thin set mortar which is pretty thick and it worked great. It had plenty of power left so I think you would be fine with heavy concrete. I would recommend it to you.
1166392
Mixer is still working great. Have had it for over 2 years. I don't use it every day or anything like that. I am in a band that gigs about once a month so have used it for around 30 jobs in that time. So far so good, no issues.